We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! This year was our first year being at home Christmas morning, and it was so wonderful to experience this with our kids. Of course, there are always things that I wish would have been a bit different -I was running around a bit more than I typically like, I was tired, and I forgot to get us breakfast for Christmas morning (mental note...plan better next time)- but overall, this was a good Christmas. This was the first year that Judah really got the whole idea of opening presents. Once he opened one gift, he then assumed that it was his job to open all gifts (makes sense, right?), so we had to frequently remind him that not all gifts were his. He did a great job of handing presents to the people they belonged to, and we did let him "help" open Eden's gifts, which he enjoyed. Judah's favorite gifts this year have been (so far) a Larry the Cucumber figurine (that I got at a thrift store), a shopping cart (another thrift store find), and Eden's toys. :) He has been walking around with her tea set and asking if anyone wants coffee.
But, we know that Christmas is not about toys, so we have been trying to reinforce that Christmas is about Jesus. We got a cake this year and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus, read books that talk about Jesus, and we tried to teach Judah I John 4:14b "The Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world." We also have an advent calendar that we look at every day, but I am not sure he gets it just yet.
Here are
some many pictures of our Christmas...you have been warned. :)
Oh, Christmas tree...
Here are the kiddos all dressed up before church on Christmas Eve
My dad leading us in some Christmas music on Christmas Eve
Eden's first Christmas!
This is her funny face
The kids were a little distraced for a Christmas morning picture
Judah was showing Eden how to open a present
Eating bows-one of her favorite activities of the morning
Yummy forks
Our best present this year :)
Eden's gift from big brother
Hahaha!
We spent the afternoon over at my parent's house...yay for Christmas!
This was pretty much how it went-Judah opening gifts and Eden eating bows
The yummy roast
Thank you, Jesus, for loving us enough to come to us as a baby and save us from our sins!
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